Integrated tandem traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators for >100 Gbit/s OTDM applications

Author

Kaman, Volkan ; Chiu, Yi-Jen ; Liljeberg, Thomas ; Zhang, Sheng Z. ; Bowers, John E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

12

Issue

11

fYear

2000

Firstpage

1471

Lastpage

1473

Abstract

Integrated tandem traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators are demonstrated as high-speed optical short pulse generators and demultiplexers for >100 Gbit/s optical time-division-multiplexed systems. The tandem significantly increases the extinction ratio and further compresses the optical pulses in comparison to a single modulator. An extinction ratio of /spl sim/50 dB is achieved while optical pulses of 4-6 ps width at 30-40 GHz are generated.

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optics; optical fibre communication; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical transmitters; time division multiplexing; 100 Gbit/s; 30 to 40 GHz; 4 to 6 ps; OTDM applications; electroabsorption modulators; extinction ratio; high-speed optical short pulse demultiplexers; high-speed optical short pulse generators; integrated tandem traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators; optical pulses; optical time-division-multiplexed systems; single modulator; traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators; Extinction ratio; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical transmitters; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.887679

Filename

887679